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I said that God had promised to us an unspeakable treasure: and so
He has; a treasure that will make the poorest and weakest man among
us, richer than if he had all the wealth gathered from all the
nations of the world, which everyone is admiring now in that Great
Exhibition in London, and stronger than if he had all the wisdom
which produced that wealth. Let us see now what it is that God has
promised us--and then those to whom God has given ears to hear, and
hearts to understand, will see that large as my words may sound, they
are no larger than the truth.
Christ said, that if He went away, He would send down the Comforter,
the Holy Spirit of God. The Nicene Creed says, that the Holy Spirit
of God is the Lord and Giver of life; and so He is. He gives life to
the earth, to the trees, to the flowers, to the dumb animals, to the
bodies and minds of men; all life, all growth, all health, all
strength, all beauty, all order, all help and assistance of one thing
by another, which you see in the world around you, comes from Him.
He is the Lord and Giver of life; in Him, the earth, the sun and
stars, all live and move and have their being. He is not them, or a
part of them, but He gives life to them. But to men He is more than
that--for we men ourselves are more than that, and need more.
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